The evening of Tuesday 26 March (21.30 hours), Holy Tuesday, hosted one of the most moving events of Holy Week local: the procession of Jesus Captive and Our Lady of Hope Macarena.
The Nazarenes, as well as dozens of women dressed in Manolas, came from the parish of Our Lady of Salceda in a parade through the town streets starring green, purple and white, and topped with one of the great moments of these religious festivities in the town Torreño: the emotional, passionate and crowded meeting at the doors of the church of the beautiful images protagonists of this procession.
Devotion processional
The events of Holy Week Torrena continue tonight (22 hours) with the Nazarenes of the Brotherhood of the Holy Christ Crucified with their black robes, as they parade from the parish of Our Lady of Salceda doing the usual route of the processions torreñas (Out of the Church Street Jara Fernandez, Reyes Catolicos, Calle Campo, Mula Street, Main Street and back to the temple).
The Mass of the Lord's Supper in the two parishes torreñas (19.30 hours) open acts of Holy Thursday, March 28, at 22 am to celebrate the Holy Hour in the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of The Pulpites while at 22'30 hours will be the turn of the Nuestra Señora de la Salceda.
Friday passionate
The Procession to Calvary (9 hours) through the streets of the town open on Friday, March 29th, a parade as tradition will be opened by the Romans to give way to the thrones of the Samaritan, San Pedro, Christ of the Flagellation , Our Father Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, Veronica and the Fall Holy Christ Crucified, San Juan and Our Lady of Sorrows.
In the afternoon the Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption of The Pulpites will host the Passion and Death of the Lord (17:30 hours) event to be held a little later in the parish of Our Lady of Salceda (18 hours).
And the Nazarenes will draw the thrones of Our Lady of Mercy, Santa Cruz with the Shroud, Maria Magdalena, San Pedro, Lying Christ ('' The Bed''), St. John and Our Lady of Solitude in the solemn procession of the Holy Burial of Christ (21 hours), starring the recumbent parade-of the Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus of Nazareth, which give it a day of Good Friday.
The Risen, in a colorful parade
The day of mourning for the death of the Lord, Holy Saturday, will only night with the Easter Vigil ceremony to be held at 22 am in both parishes.
And on Easter Sunday, March 31, will be as is tradition in the town a day of celebration and joy.
A day that begins very early, as the 8'30 hours held in the parish of Our Lady of the Eucharist Salceda to give way to the procession of the Risen (9:30 pm).
A colorful parade that starts at the door of the parish with the fervent encounter images of the Virgin with the risen Christ, emotional moment that leads to the traditional procession through the streets of the town.
In closing, the Parish of Our Lady of The Assumption of The Pulpites will host the final Eucharist (11 hours) of the 2013 Easter Cotillas Towers.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas